The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-03-04
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PERsONALP ARAGRAPHs, MINOR MEN
TON. ANDLOCAL LACONICs.
The News Of the Day Boiled Down and
Served Up I'm Condensed shape About
Folks You Know, and Interesting Items
Happily and Hastily Hit.


Happily and Hastily Hit.
Range of thermometer at Spence, Ty-
rec & Co.'S shoe house, Broad street,
March 3D., 1887 8 am, $50; 12 m, $50;
3 pm, $40; 6p.m., Az
A portion of the Duff Opera Company
are at the st. James Hotel.
Miss Lillian Russell and Mr.. J. G. Duff
are at the Exchange Hotel.
Mr. w. G. Figner, of New York, for
merly of Richmond, is in the city
Mr. r. w. Elsom, who has been quite
sick, is able to be at his place of business.
Colonel Cutshaw, City Engineer, yes
terday submitted his annual report TO the
Mayor.
"Muggs' Landing" is being attended by
large audiences at the Academy Of Music,
Norfolk.
Mr.. A. J. Ford expects to begin the
work of pulling down the old Virginia
House to-day.
DR.. b. d. Dabney was yesterday ap-
pointed coroner of Henry county by
Governor Lee.
Mr.. r. P. Barham, of the Petersburg
Iader-Appeal, and Mrs. Barham, were in
the city yesterday.
H. f. Volck, New York N. T. Bal.
chelder, Keene, N. H and Samuel Ward
of Pittsburg, are at the Exchange.
The St. Claire building Will not be
touched until September LIST as the
present lease does not expire until that
time.
District-Deputy Grand Master c. Bern
heimer has been elected to represent
Schiller Lodge, l. O. o. F., in the Grand
Lodge.
W. H. Johnson (colored) was brought
to the penitentiary yesterday from King
William county to serve two years for
burglary.
Mr. Wiley Jones, of Norfolk, has been
awarded a patent for shoe-stretcher.
Mr. Jones was for many years a resident
of Richmond.
Emmett S. Richardson and Miss Jennie
Figner, were yesterday united in mar
riage by the Rev. George Cooper of the
First Baptist Church.
Mr. Netherwood superintendent of the
stone work on the new city hall is having
a silver trowel made, TO be used in laying
the cornerstone of that building
Two colored lunatics from Albemarle
county, on their way to the Central Asy-
lum, were temporarily accommodated
with quarters at the city Jail yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs Leffingwell are no longer
with Janish, and their places have been
supplied by Mr. Frank L. Aiken, well
known in this city, and Miss Jennie Cars
man.
Among the visitors at the State Library
yesterday were William Bears, j. Sebas-
tian Hitler, and Grace Hitler of London
England, and NJ. Bernhard, of Paris
France.
In the Norfolk Board of Health a com
munication from the Board of Health OF
Richmond, asking for statistical informa
ton, was turned over to the health officer
to answer.
The British bark Voluna with a cargo
of 800 barrels of Baltimore flour and
l $40 barrels of Richmond -four the whole
valued at $13,367, cleared yesterday for
Santos, Brazil.
The adoption of the word station "
by the railroads of the city is an agreeable
change. Now you will not be bothered
either about deppo, daypo, or the old
fashioned depot
Miss Carrie Y. Kidwell, of Washing
ton, who lately sang at the Mozart must
Gale, is to have a complimentary testi-
monial in the former city March Sth, un-
der the patronage of Mrs. Cleveland
Mrs. Whitney and other well-known
ladies'
There was a very large number Of birds
left over from last season. A well-known
city official yesterday stated that few
days ago while walking across an open
field within a mile of the city he disturb
ed a coyey of seventeen partriges by
actual count.
At the mass meeting of the journeymen
carpenters held in Richmond this week
to induce the men to join the carpenters
union not one of the speakers were car
penters or wood workmen of any de-
scrption. Not more than one fourth Of
the carpenters in the city belong TO the
Carpenters Union.